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in preliminary matters, in the course of which a debate arose, whether the Minister/should be called or invited to the present sitting ; the latter was decided upon, and as soon as the Ministers had,entered, the Conde de Linhares made a long speech against them, saying--" They want to impose on the Chamber regulations for its proceedings, which, under the appearance of order and re 'gularity,. may in reality have a very different object, viz. to de prive this Chamber of its liberty, and establish some precedents which may be convenient on future occasions to a prudent Mi nistry, desirous of covering itself with a veil by means of secret sittings. The Minister for Foreign Affairs said he should not reply to the abuse with which the noble peer had thought fit to load a mi nistry which bad laboured so incessantly for these three months,' but confine himself to the first phrase, that the ministry wished to impose regulations on the Chamber of Peers, which was absolutely hive, as when presented it was said to be provisional ; and as ac cording to Art. 20 of the charter, the Government could not du otherwise than present such regulations to the chambers, he did not see who should draw them up, if the Government did nut. The Count de Linhares chiefly objected that the regulations were presented with a decree signed by the Regent, so that it teemed the Chamber must obey, or say that the decree was illegal. The Marquis de Alegrete, and the Minister of the Interior, Spoke in favour of the mode which had :been adopted. (The remainder of the sitting to be inserted in the next number of the Gazette.) The Chamber of Deputies chile@ on the 3d, five members to be presented to the Princess Regent, for her to select a President. LISBON, NOV. 4. Lord 13eresford arrived in the Forte frigate on Wednesday last. His arrival caused mach surprise, as very few persons had any previous intimation of it. His reception at Court was extremely flattering. The Queen's Nauu•day (St. Carlos) has been kept today, and her Majesty has held a Court at Quelaa on the occasion. Hamburgh and Dutch Papers have been received this morning from which the following are extracts : BERLIN, NOV. 7. His Majesty's sous, Princes William and Charles, are gone to Weimer, whine, it is said, they will pus *owe time. Some very Agreeable reports are supposed to be connected with this jouruey. STOCKHOLM, 'NOV. S. A treaty, regulating the commercial relations between Sweden and Norway and Denmark, has just been signed. It is founded " the tuost liberal principles, sad secures, the subjects of all three, all th e pr i v il eges w hi c h th e most favoured' nations enjoy. His Majesty has permitted the importation of foreign Rye on pay ment of a duty of two Fix dollars Banco per ton, but only in the Ports of the Government of Bolan and Holland. COPY.NUAGEN, NOV. 7. A Russian ship of the line and a frigate, from Cronstadt, an chored in here on Saturday : they are said to have on hoard *feral officers of the guards, banished for a time. 'LICH...NOR ON LONDON. HAstsunott, Nov. 10—London, 37 I.—Two months, 3 10. lititus, Nov. 7.—Three Months, 7 04. VIENNA, NOV. 5. Accounts from Prevesa, of the Qd of October say, that Ibraham Paella had returned to Tripolizza, from his last excursion to Maina. A report was spread at Corfu in the beginning of October, that the Egyptian fleet of 40 ships (the seventh expedition to Greece) with 5000 troops on board, had anchored in the south part of the Peloponnesui (probably at Modon,) The States General of Berlin of the 4th inst. con tains the following announcement of regulations which have been made to increase the accommodations for . . travell ers , at t h e in ns on the ,principal . roads. through the Prussian territory. Good accommodation at inns usually results froth ,the d emandfor and the ability of travellers to pay' for what they . require, and we doubt much whether Government regulations will sheet wbat the travelling part of the Prussians have Ilet enabled the innkeepers to furnish them with. " At every post station on the principal roads of the Prussian states, there has been prepared for the convenience "f persons travelling by post, a room for their reception, hukhc : it bs.t.post-liouse itself or, when it is not sufficiently !°u 2 , wits neighbourhood. This room is to be properly furnished, ligh te d d ur i ng t h e n i g h t , an d h eate d d ur i ng t h e winter; Travellers are to be received there gratis at all 1 " 13 , without being obliged to take any refreshment. In this room is to b e pl ace d a tablet bearing the stamp of the Ge neral Post office, and pointing out the refrefiliments that nu tY be procured, and their prices. There will be, besides, 411 Open register, at the head of which will be printed the rneral post r egu l a ti ons , an d, on the blank leaf of which a vellers ma inscribe any complaint which they have to i r itk e o f the ta rdiness or rudeness of the persons employed, the bad quality of the meets, &c. These complaints wil' be duly transmitted to the authorities, that the faults LtY be carefully examined into,. and redressed. The publi c is hereby informed of these regulations. " NAGLER, Testinaster-General." " Berli n, Oct. 31 ." Ti -le following account is given in the French l'aPers of the last moments of the celebrated Monk known by the name of the Trappist :- 111 41)R ID Om 31. --The famous monk of La Trappe, -4 10 $ • ‘'„) Under the name of the Trappist, a Guerilla Chief) t o I °. during the campaign of 1823, commanded in Cata and Castil e a corps of 1,000 or 1,500 men, diedin in"Zuvent on the 9th of this month, whither he returned T h 7 2 . 4 '. Brother Anthony, which was the name of the cu° r PP'at, died in the most edifying manner. On the B th ft rent,' i n sp i te of t h e v i olence of hi s ma l a d y , he rose 0 1 4 1 , 1 , bed, an d was carr i e d t o c h urc h, su pp o rted by tw o brethren ; he there received the sacraments with Out fervour, and returning to his cell, and being laid upon :Odell bed (for the Trappists sleep only upon planks); ed himself for death. On the morning of the 9th, ate cn ieY were about to plaCe him upon a cross of ashes, dyi n . to the form in which the Trappists are laid when use o a t , u* raised himself up, although . he had . then . lost the to eeeb, and was almost insensible in a last e ffo rt throwu hintbell upon the cross, which in been traced this a ft ! Pu i rP°"•• About an hour and a half after making e iie expired. Letters from Batavi a to th e 2 2 d J u l y h ave b een received. Java was still i n a state of disturbance. I tilities between the Dutch and native Powers still con tinued, and the combined effects of climate, disease, kilid war, had much reduced the Dutch troops. In another column will be ,found a very excellent lette r , addressed by Sir ANDREW HA.LLIDAY to the Magistrates of Middlesex, upon the expediency, and even necessity, of erecting a public asylum for pauper. lunatics. The arguments i n favour of this institu tie„ -- are as conclusive with regard to the great saving expenee as they are satisfactory in respect -to at , . igulg what ought to be the first ooject in all 1 11 atie asylums, the complete and speedy mire of ► e patients.. Sir. ANDREW'S extended experience ( T °4 the subject may be taken as a safe guide by the o i eli ntY Magistrates, who can only have the interests cr the public at heart, while they afford means for fa :ditating the cure of the unfortunate beings now lock will? In private receptacles at a greater expence, t h ( 4 any prospect of their ultimate recovery while of eY remain in those interested places. , A perusal it t ,the letter will convince. the judgment, While "rows the heart. In one of M. WA RBUR haul" houses, Lord ROBERT SEYMOUR, who ttlb e . the great merit of originating the present h Jett ' saw " on the - 12th June, last year, three " dr ed- and 'fifty-two paupers, one hundred and ni nety- in a k• t w° Private patients and fifty-three attendants, otg altogether five hundred and forty-four pa- tients ; and the phy si c ians who visited the paupers, by order ofilui paritihes, had repeatedly declared that the crowd in Mr;,'WARBUIttON's house made the reco very of these paupers highly improbable." His Lord ship further stated, " that each of the dormitories con tained from , sixteen to twenty beds ; and, on the female side, that many of the paupers lie two in a bed, the bedsteads being only 18 inches from each other ; and that the exercising yards were more crowded than ever yet was dog kennel."—And Sir ANDREW HALLIDAY, frORI his own knowledge, affirms, that this description will apply to a very great majority, of the private asylums in the counties y Middlesex and. Surrey. But this picture of human misery, in its last stage of degradation, is Lot all--the greater portion, we - might almost say, the whole of these creatures, are doomed to end their days 'in these melancholy, receptacles from which but few, very few, ever escape perfectly cured. Indeed we do not know whether those who perish, are not more to be envied than the forlorn persons who are permitted again to revisit " the glimpses of the moon," with the memory of their past suf erings haunting their day-dreams with apprehen sion, and their nights with the horrible mockery of agonising reality, till they startle awake to the bitter recollection of their inexpressible sufferings in that den where brutality swayed the lash, and moody madness laughed in scorn to the echo of his wrongs. By the statement of Mr. ROBERT BROWNE, it appears that in the licensed houses and workhouses of Middlesex, out of 663 patients, 81 only, or about one-eighth, have been discharged ; while in the county. lunatic asylums, of 3857 patients, 1550, or a proportion, nearly one-half, have been disebirged cured, and 171 relieved. Hers is a convincing proof 'of the great benefit the public, and far more the unfortunate patients, would derive by the establishment of a county lunatic asylum. The spirit of monopoly pervades every thing in England---even our misfbrtunes are turned to account in one shape or other, and the number of private mad houses will bear testimony to the immense sums ex tracted from the public purse, for prolonging life in its last stage of distress and mental aberration. In a public asylum there can be no motive for keeping the patient immured after his recovery, or preventing his return to reason ; but the case is reversed in a private re ceptacle, where the continuance of the malady must be nefit the keeper. We do not mean to say that there are not many respectable persons who keep private recep tacles, but the very nature of the thing is enough to awaken suspicion. With respect to pauper lunatics, there can be no motive forfnends to keep thein con fined, but as the parish pays for their maintenance, it is obviously the interest of the keeper to prolong the day of cure. The least glimpse of returning rea son in these patients, would be the most alarming symptom of their madness to the whip-attendant of their cell, and 'strait jackets, and low diet, would speedily attest how forlorn were the hopes of a final cure ! But with rich patients the case is so far worse in proportion to the extent of property likely to devolve upon broken-hearted fri e nds. And in this view of the case, it is really a misfortune to be rich, especially if the gentleman be blessed with an ordinary share of eccentricity, which his very watch ful relations, particularly the expectants, pervert into a good ground of private inquiry, and with the advice of their friends, and the sanction of the family physician, the unsuspecting object of thei r so li c it u d e is secretly hurried off to a private madhouse, there to end his days, while his next of kin take care 'that his property is not squandered away. If inquiries are made in the neighbourhood respecting the gentleman's dis appearance—the question is hushed by a significant shake of the head, and a deep sigh of thankful regret that matters are no worse. It may be said that the LORD CHANCELLOR is the public guardian of all lunatics ; but notwithstanding all his Lordship's power, and watchful superintendence, cases of gross fraud are daily practised by designing parties in every county of England, and the practice will continue more or less wail private receptacles are abolished. These receptacles are like plague houses—if a patient is not already insane, they will make him so before he escape,— " And breathe a holy madness o'er his mind," We know of no misfortune in which the sympathies . of our nature are more interested than in the deplo rable condition of a person hurried off to a mad.boUse, without any other cause than the avarice of his friends, eager to snatch his fortune.. If the secrets of the prison house could be unfolded what a harrowing picture of villainous depravity would be presented to shock our sensibility !--the midnight whisper of despair hushed in the groan of agony, till the mind sunk under the reality of imputed madness. But the thing is too horrible for contemplation—the power which clandestinely immures an individual, can keep him confined ; and some of the sane portion of the public who are yet at large, may see in this circum stance the chance of a terrible destiny. The being who enters a private madhouse from the contrivance of his needy relations, may bid farewell to the world, for the door once opened to receive him, closes like the gloom of the grave, or the awfulness of eternity, upon his troubled spirit! Letters from Paris, received in the city this morning, speak of a commercial Convention having been agreed upon between Mr. Canning an d M. Villele. The arrival and departure of Messen gers are said to be incessant. Other letters from Paris also state that Villele is going. to put his f►nancial project into execution by paying off the G per cents. with the Sinking Fund. And it is added that he is making an arrangement for paying the emigrants at last. (Extract of a Letter received from Leghorn.) . The most recent news from Napoli states that the. Greek squadron is cruising on the coast of Minor Asia, to prevent the attack of the enemy's fleet on the island of Samos, which at pre sent is well orgauized, and in ca s e of dan g er can brin g front 12 to 13,000 men, who have sworn to die before they abandon their posts. A letter has been received 1' h had the agency. for 'LIM'. th e Greek York, the hm►se w hich aring. for publication an from Messrs. liowlitnd . a u n .,, d..Co lg .,o e f Greek frigates►, stating that they are explanation and answer to the:charg by th e next packet. that affair, which will be transmitted last, received a commu nication; Duke of Devonshire, on Tuesday charges Zainst them in relation to I►euse, informing nication from the Commissioners of the Cotton" ' be l ong ing him that they had reamn to sus his Grace, or hisimite, but containing silks, had b g ence of th►s some Of his servants among his luggage. . In : l :„ .o „ n „i se ff -u on the sub jject, his Grace inatituted a strict ...I— . !....A to place ect, and discovered that dais foreign courier had contrive , . ul other pect that trunks n . o_teetiplaerd by amongst the luggage some packages, containing silks a . I articles, and his Grace inirnediately made the commu nication to the Commissioners of the Customs, with a request that the tr u nks, dau. so improperly placed with his luggage, might be examine d detained. SURREY REFUGE Pon THE DESTIYUTE.--- A Meeting of the Magistrates and Gentry of Surrey was held yester day at the Sessions House, Newington, at which a Resolution was put and carried, stating, that the " Surrey Refuge of the Desti tute (whose chief object is the reclai m i ng C r i mina l s , by putting theta out to trades), deserved the public suppork." THE _FUNDS. ..c rz , : CITY, Trettie:o' clock. Con4Cfs iiperied this triortirriirAtit ts B , 3l for'rnoneyxll6 November account', tad . for January; nce vrtrich the market has been heavy, and they receded - to 831 sellers for a moment, but are now 831 1. In,the Foreign Panda littk - business has ken trans acted, - and 'Oilcan 'We bet , iiitrtf a ; ,'' Colombian, 42, with little alteration all the 'morning; Shares have had more enquiry; an improvement in Real del Monte and Brazilian has taken place, the former having advanced to 100, and the latter to 14 15 pm. Three per Cent Consols for money and Nov. account, 831 1 ; Ditto for January, 84 i t ; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 40 2 pin ; Exchequer Bills, 22 3 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Austrian, 92 3; Brazilian, 67; Buenos Ayres, 64 6; Chilian, 39 40 ; P eruv i a n, 34 5 ; Colombian, 1824, 421 ; Mexican 5 per Ce n t., 57 8 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 67,1 8 ; Prussian, 1822; 96 ; Portuguese, 79 80; Greek, 18 k ; Russian, 97 1 ; Spanish, 121 1. Munts.—An'glo Mexican, 40 371 die. ; United Mexican, 12 11 dis, ; Pasco Peruvian, 1 2 per Share; Colombian, Si 91 per Share; , Real del Monte, 100 pm. ; Tlalpuxaliva, 40 40 pm. ; Brazilian, 14 15 pm. ; Bolivar, par, 2 pin. Two o' Cloch. The price of Consols has advanced gain to their opening price, and they are now 88f and appear very steady ; India Bonds and Exchequer Bills continue at the same premium ; Mexican and Colombian Bonds have been without any important fluctuation, the former at 6'7i 8, the latter at 41f 2f ; Greek 17i to 181 ; and Spanish 12 f. THREE 0' CL 0 C.K. Consols for the 28th Nov. 83i 4. FOUR (ti*CLOCK--:CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83i Do. for Ac. 83 4 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Do. Chain Do. Coliunbian, 1824, 42i Danish 13'onds 62 Greek Do. 1825 18k Mexican Do. 1825, 681 Peruvian Do. 35 Russian Do. 87 Spanish Do. 12-i- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FROM - LLOYDS'.—(Tins DAY.) DIAL, Nov. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Eliza, Denon, from Bengal ; Henry, Chapman,' from Altea; Nimble, Puddis combe, from the Mediterranean ; and Onyi, Willis, from Hon duras; - and sailed for London. Also atrived, the Essex, Barclay, from London, for the Sinith Seas. The hoinewidd-bound sailed for the River this morning; several of the outward-bound remain. PoßTsmotrrti; Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Passed, the Ma gree, Black, for Memel. Pz.vmouxu, Nov. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived, the Eurydice, Tammerlander, from St. Abe's; Amy, Bloomfield, from Leg horn ; Elizabeth, Longridge, from Algiers ; Jessy, Tade, from Teneriffe ; and Ocean, Kitt, from Charente. GRavEsexll, Nov. l 6 and 16.—Arrived, the Flora, Farrant, and Albion, Radcliff, from Smyrna.; Sea Nymph, Burroughts, from Naples ; and Crosby, Pace, from Hamburgh. Sailed, the Montreal, Thorn, for Tobago; Blossom, Patterson, for Seville; Symmetry, Innis, for Jamaica ; John, Waters, for Hamburgh ; and Elizabeth, Collins, for New South Wales. GIBRALTAa, OCT. 25.—The Algerine squadron, consisting of a sixty-four, two corvettes, and a schooner, were off Cape de Gatt on the 22d instant: they are expected to have made several cap tures of. Spanish craft. OCT. 26.—A Brazilian brig, in coming into bay, ran on the rocks at Cabrita Point. CHRISTIANSAND, OCT. 31.—The Haabit, Brun, from Flinsburg to Hull, put in here yesterday, having suffered considerably, end must unload. The Hylton Jolliffe steam-boat paned Cuxhaven on the 12th inst., end the Sir Edward Bankea the following day, for Ham burgh. ROYAL SOCIETY, THURSDAY, Nov. 16. This evening the Society resumed its weekly meetings for the present season. We regret to state that the resignation of the office of Secretary, by 'that distinguished chemist, Mr. Braude, was announced from the chair. The important services which this gentleman has rendered to science, both generally, and espe cially in the discharge of his duties as Secretary, cannot be too highly appreciated, and in his retirement from office the Society will feel no inconsiderable loss. We were sorry to hear that ill health has led to this resignation. -It was also announced from the chair, that his Majesty, with that liberal and enlightened attention to the intereits of science, by which he has been so often distinguished, Itasi been pleased to grant to the !loyal Society an additional suite of rooms in Somerset-place, hitherto occupied at, the Lottery Office, fir .the better aceommodation of their in creasing collection of hooks, curiosities, &c. A dutiful address of thanks was voted. The Meeting was in a great degree occupied with the election of Auditors, and other formal business. The Croonian Lecture was read by Sir E. Hume, Bart. V.P.R.S., on the propagation of the oyster and other bivalves. This was a short paper, con tainining a variety of physiological details. A paper wu also commenced on a percussion shell, involving many considerations on the phenomena of projectiles generally, of which we shall give a further account when it is continued. Notice was given of the Anniversary on the 30th inst. ' • Nicholas Brown, Esq., one of the Commissioners of the Vic tualling Board, was admitted a Fellow of the Society. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The chaste and beautiful tragedy of Vpmbeline was produced at this theatre last night, and introduced Miss E. Tree in the arduous character of Intopen. To expect the subduing dignity and stirring energ y which distinguished Mrs. Siddons in the deline ation of this difficult character, from an actress's° young and inex perienced as Misr E. Tree, would be to ensure disappointment, and discourage endeavours, which, although they fall far short of the excellence of whirls we have been accustomed to cherish the remembrance, are sufficiently respectable when weighed in com parison with contemporary merit. Such was the character of Miss'E. Tree's performance. It wanted the grace that. charms, and the energy that incites feeling; but yet it was wimple, correct, and interesting throughout, and in some particular scenes highly effective. The indignant scorn with which she re pelled the insidious tempter, who sought to excite her to be revenged by the sacrifice of her honor, was spirited and natural; and when broken-hearted she offers her life to satisfy the unjust suspicions of her • husband, the calm resolution with which she proffered the sword, was appreciated, and deservedly applauded. Cooper, in Posthumus, was correct and sensible, but occasionally deficient in force. Bennett . played the treacherous Italian, lachimo, and evinced the possession of powers which bid fair to advance him still higher in public estimation. The Spirit (!f' the White Lady followed ; thanks to the in comparable voice of Paton, and some well designed s c e nes by Ilantield, it was well received. We were sorry to perceive that the house war but thinly attended. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY..(Tess DAY.) t 7; rARTI BRAINE. His LORDSHIP states, that Mr. asked ti, Court yesteiday to stay the taxation of a hill of costs in this matter, un til an appeal could be heard. He had read the petition, and found a circumstance in it of a peculiar and an uncommon nature. Theluestion for the court's consideration related to the motive of taking out a commission of bankrupt—whether that motive was such as to call upon his Lordship to destroy the Commission?— There was also a great deal of concert imputed ; and what formed the' singularity of the thing was, that the demand was founded on a partnership deed, under which the parties to that deed were to carry on business jointly, though they had entered into a cove nant, together, that they ahould not be considered answerable to the world as partners. This was however, a covenant, which the Court was bound to say, could be of no:effect whatever. Mr. Heald had referred to a case which he thought a precedent in favour of his application. His Loansuir rernenbered the case referred to very well; it occurred before the long vacation ; it was a case from Weymouth, and the question was, whether a Commission should he allowed to stand, that had been taken out decidedly with the view of stay ing proceeding on an action, and with no intention whatever to do auy thing under the Commission ? The Court declared that that. Commission could not he allowed to stand ; nor did that case hear on the present. The Court did not mean to say, that there was not a great deal in the present matter well worthy of considera tion ; blit the utmost it could do, out of respect to the Vice Cha ncellor, who had dismissed the petition with costs, was, to stay the taxation, provided the applicant either paid the amount into Court, or into the hands of souse third person, that the payment of them might be secured, should the decree beloW he confirmed, THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE.--(Tuts DAY). The supplies of all sorts of Graiti are short. The Wheat mar ket remains precisely in the same state as last reported. Barley is (lull at Monday's prices. Beans are dearer. Oats have advanced Is. to 2e. per quarter since Monday last, hut are not dearer than Wednesday. In Flour no alteration. AARIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I English Irish Foreign (Jab. lieut. alO qrs. 6,0 M oaks. 2,360 ....—, %NO inTertiolu2slDy supplied In this with 2,590 but very deficient o f th a t o f th e SMITHFIELDdIy'a market, ' which lA il t E tu f i r' n — u first quality, there di/knot appear to he cust omers f ur h a lf t h e supply ; however, as far as the trade went, Beef, Mutton, and middling and inferior stock, Pork, cold heavily at little, if any, variation from Monday's prices, from which Veal receded from 4d. to Bd. per atone. eaters flit STON9 OF SIAM TO SISK TIM OFFAL& J. d. to 4. a. I. d. tom. &1. Inferior Beasts 2 4 210 South Down Wethers . 4 2 4 4 Second quality ditto 9 0 3 4 Luge coarse Calves.... 3 8 4 0 Priine large 0xen......, 4 4 4 9 Pri me ~ small ditto 4 6 3 ° Prime Scots, ate 4 8 410 sArgs polo., . ....... 3 $ 4 0 Inferior Sheep..., ..... ..., 3 0 9 4 &nail orkers ............ 4 a 5 . 0 Second quality ditto—. 3 4 3 9 Suckling La' tiv0....1 4 , to we, eacl4. coarse.woulte c t ditto 3 s 4.0 Quarter old Pigs..lo,;. to in.. each. There were scarcely any Mitch Caw. that deserved notice, either in Smithfield to-day, or at Islington Ye ,, ter d3 l' ',' tsuPFLY AS FEN. el.Ellk-s STATRUFATT. ' Si et 120 -I . .,,,z I ~:a.m., 1 ._ ____ ..........._ _._. .... WEWGATP. AND LEAL/EWALT. liikiikk•Ts . . At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. .., s. d. too. d. Bee f - 0 4 4 veal ........ . ................ 3 6 5 g Mutton 9,140 Beasts, riffL 194 RUMFORD MARKET; — NO 7 .7S7 ---- a. IL to d. , toe 4. Beef ......... ! ..... 3 4 4 yeas ....... ' 8 Calve* from 12d. to 30e. Quarter . al . l4 " o — iii: . ... .14 3 s! tl each. Mutton ... 4 4 4 Pork ......... 3 4 10 Supply moderately good, and trade dull.. Suckling THE PUBLIC. Ills Loansme desired to take this opportunity of stating pub licly, for the purpose of the public's knowing it, that be had seen the practice of this Court abused, in consequence of what some publications called Chancrry prisoners, and what other authors called Chancedlor'sprisoners. With reference► to this, the Public ought really to understand, that persons imprisoned for contempt, were not imprisoned for having been guilty of some disrespect to, or contempt of the Court, but were so, under a process of the Court, for assuring to individuals to whom money was owing, the payment of that sum. The public might as well call a per son committed to prison, for the nonpayment of a sum of money a Court of Law had declared to be due to another, the Lord Chief Justice's prisoner, as to say the Chancellor's prisonei! His Lord ship wished further to add, that some publications considered such persons not entitled to have the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act; but this was a most erroneous notion, for he him self was the individual who had taken every care to give such prisoners a remedy under that Act. VICE-CHANCELLORS COURT.--(Tints DAY.) PRACTICE OF THE COURT. JAMES v. SHADGROW. In this case an order had been made on the 6th of May 1825, that the plaintiff's bill be dismissed with costs for want of prose. cation; every necessary step was taken to make thisnrder effectual, but on the 18th of December, 1826, the plaintiff applied to the' Court to have the order set aside for irregularity, and on the 20th of the same month an order to that effect was made by his Honour. A copy of the latter order'had not been served on the clerk, or on the solicitor of the defendant, nor had any thing been done by the plaintiff to follow it up. In, consequence of this neglect on the part of the plaintiff, a notice was in February last served on his solicitor, that unless he proceeded with the cause the defendant would act under the former. Mr. Sit/a/WELL now moved that the defendant be allowed to act under the former order of dismissal in the same manner as though the plaintiff had never obtained the latter order. The Vici-CitArwri,ton—You should rather move that this latter order be in the first instance discharged. Mr- SitAnwm. replied that the order in question had never been drawn up, and therefore that he could not apply to have it discharged. His client merely wished to be allowed to proceed in the same manner as if the latter order had never been made.— The application was granted. COURT OF KINGS BENCH.—(TinsDior.) BUCKINGHAM V. BANKES. Mr. PARK moved for a rule to chew cause why the Master should not proceed to tax the expenses which the defendant in curred by keeping two foreigners in this country (in order to give testimony in this case), from the 22d of February, 1825, until the period when the trial took place. The trial having. been put off from that time, at the instance of tlic plaintiff, on such comb graoted. The Court was occupied during the rest. of the morning in hear ing arguments in spacial Cal/0114 whieb were attended with no public merest. COURT OF COMMON ME A S.—(rsiJs DA Y. ) wtwAnts POPE. This was an action of damages, at the instance of the plaintiff; Mrs. Lucy Williams, against the defendant, for a nuisance, occa sioned by sonic smelting works, erected by him close to her house, whereby it was for a long time rendered useless. It came to be tried at the Gloucester Assizes, before Mr. Justice Burrough, who thought it was a matter peculiarly adapted for • arbitration, and therefore strongly recommended the parties to refer to some qua lified person, to ascertain the value of the plaintiff's property before the nuisance was erected, which was accordingly done. The person fixed upon was Mr. Sturge, a surveyor, who examined the property, and issued an award, valuing the property at 750/., which the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff, on her convey ing it over to him. But it afterwards turned out, that she could not convey a good title, because the Lord of the Manor had reserved the minerals to himself. There was a coal mine on the property, which would have been very convenient fbr the de fendant, and as he could not get it, he declined purchasing the property, in consequence of which the cause came again 'into Court. Sergeant VAUGHAN this day opposed a role obtained by the plaintiff, to, show cause why the matter should not be remitted buck to Mr. Sturge, to ascertain the actual damage.---Rule discharged. COURT OF EXCHRQUER—(Tuts DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Baron ALIMANDICR, and Barons GRAHAM, GA/tItOW, and Iien.LOCK.) HOWELL V. THE MARL OP POWIS AND moms. Mr. Txtdrz.l stated this bill to be at the instance of a freehold tenant of the Lordship of, or as it is generally called, the Forest of aun, in the county of ' Salop, to restrain Edward Earl of Powis from enclosing certain waste lands, which have been open from time immemorial to the rights of commonage awl pasture Of the said tenants. The Learned Counsel opposed the bill, which was to the following effect :—That the said tenants had always till lately enjoyed the above rights. The defendant, however, had lately enclosed certain of those lands, and excluded the cattle of the plaintiff from the pasturage. He hid let the said en closures to other tenants, thereby depriving the plaintiff and others of their natural rights. The plaintiff in supporting those rights had broken down the fences set up by the. Earl of Powis. The tenants of the lately enclosed lands had brought several actions of trespass against the persons who iced broken the fence, awl the original tenants had reason to believe that the plain tiffs in those :actions were indemnified by the said Earl of Powis, as the actions were carried on by his solicitor. The rights of the plaintiffs had been fully established by a Statute under the reign of Elizabeth, and they prayed for an order front this Court for the said Earl to produce certain deeds, and papers, which would prove that right, and which ice, in collusion With the other defendants had iu his possession, and refused to produce to the plaintiffs. The Learned Counsel then opposed the bill for its ir regularity. Mr. SIMUNSON and Mr. Kaotsur supported it, and the Court observed that they should consider before they gave judgment. COURT OF D!.:!..FOATES.--(Tins DAY.) This Court was opened before a full assembly of thoColulele ---_,_ gates this morning, for entering assignations and other formal business. There was no cause set down for hearing. BRISCOW V. lIIIISCOV. Dr, Ls; inquired in what date the case of Briscoe v. Briseue (wh i c h was 'a suit originally instituted, by Sir Wastel Briscoe against Lady Briscoe, for a divorce, by reason of adultery) n ow stood. Th e Rvaispts a, replied, that a warrant wassentp o il i a l y th o e r day of the present term. Dr. Lvv—By whose order was the warrant sent up ? Was it by order of any of the Judges ? first IlvomitAti—No, my Lord, that WU not necessary, ..O , D r , j a a.- - -The case was not mentioned on the brat . term in open Court. Dcinsoti—No, nor was it necessary. Dr. LEI7—I hope there was an or d er made out of Court to send up the warrant. The REGIRTRAII—There was not, my Lord. Dr. las-1 take this opp ortun i ty of protesting against the n ecessary expense and delay whi c h h as taken place in this woe. and of intimating that I shall bring t h e su bj ect under the conside ration of the High Court of D e l egate*, whenever they are wining to enter upon it.—. The Court th en adjourned, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Since the improved state of the health of the Duke of York, the natural appetite of His Royal Highness has returned ; the Royal Duke also enjoys most .ex cellent and sound sleep. The appearance of His Royal Highness is the same as previous'to his indis position, and when he was in the enjoyment' of good health. The Royal ,Duke was visited yesterday by the Princess Sophia. His Royal Highness transacted business with Sir Henry Torreus, .Adjutant-General, and Sir Richard Jackson, Deputy Quarter-Master- General. Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Secretary of State's "office for , Foreign Affairs, in Downing-street, vvhich was attend ed by the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmorland, the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Melville, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, &c. The Ca binet broke up at fire o'clock. Earl %thirst was prevented from attending dub meeting of the Cabinet Council by a slight indispo sition. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office yes terday, from Lerd Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. The Earl of Glengall has been appointed to the Colonelcy of the Tipperary Militia, vacant by the de cease of the late Right Hon. Colonel Bagwell. The Duke of Montrose had a dinner party yester day, at his house-in Grosvenor-square. - The Hon. Arthur Stanhope entertained the Duke of Gloucester, the Dowager Marchioness of Sitlisbury, and a select party, to dialler yesterday, at his house in Tilney-street. A Peer voting without taking the customary oath at the commencement of the new Parliament, is sub ject to the forfeiture of all his 'property; this has been decided already in two cases.—Pottery Mercury. The German vintage has been exceeding good this year :—Old wine is so much depressed thereby, that the holders consider the abundance a calamity I The woollen trade of Saddleworth, which depends much upon exports, principally to the United States, still continues extremely depressed. The poor are sula fering extremely ; and in the township of Delph alone, there are at present. no fewer than 3,500 persons on the list of paupers.—Pottery Mercury. AN AFFECTIONATE SQUEEZE.--A beat' attached to one of the caravans at Blandford fair last week, caught a sheep while passing near, and hugged the poor animal to death. _ _ Perhaps the longest period of widowhood on record is that of Lady Margaret Hay, relict of Robert, third Earl of Roxburgh, who was drowned in the Glouces ter frigate,,coming down to Scotland with the Duke of York, in 1682. This lady died in the year 1759, after having survived her husband, without any second nup tials, no less than 71 years. She was 25 years of age at the time of the Earl's death, and lived to the ad vanced age of 96. Mad she lived two years more, she would have seen her great grandson, John, the celebrated bibliomanist, in possession of the title, be ing the fourth in succession from bee husband...—Than. fries Courier. THE ARMY. , . Detachments of recruits arrived Lt town yesterday morning, from Coventry, and received order% to embark this morning ott board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to join their respective Cotps and Depots at Chatham and Canterbury, Detachments of invalids belonging to the lonian Militia, the 7th, 18th, 28th, 51st, 85th, 90th, 95th, 2d Bat*lion of Rifle Brigade, and Btith Regiments of Infantry, embarked, on the 15th instant, muter the emumand of Capt. flinty, at Portsmouth, tOr Chatham. ,UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, Camontnox, Nov. 17.—The Luctutian Professorship' of Ma thematics it now vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Professor Turton. The electors are, the Vloe-Channtllor and all the Was ters of Colleges, and the day of ek•ction is had fm Thursday the 7th of next month. We understand that the Rev. Dr. French. Master of Jesus College, Charles Babbage, Esq. M.A. of St. Peter's College, and George Riddell Airy, Esq. M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, are candidates for thee Professorship. James Parke, Esq. M.A. Barrister at Law, is elected Auditor of Trinity College, iu the roam of Mr. Tindal, kis Alajeaty's So licitor General. At a congregation on Wednesday last the I.lLwing degree* were conferred :—. DACIISLOri IN DIVINITY. Rev. Win. Heweon, S. John's College, (Compounder.) lASTERI OF ♦RTS. Rev. Charles Mately, Trinity College. Rev. David Morton, Trinity College. Frederick North, st. John's College, (Compounder.) John Lenge, Jeans College. ltev. T. B. Whitehurst, St. Peter's College, (Comptmnder.) Rev. R. Mbiagomery, St Peter's College, (Compoundex.) _ - BACIIELOIIS IN CI 'II. LAW. Rev. Charles Williams, Trinity hall. Rev. William Webster, Jesus College. Rev. John Badeoek, St. Peter's College. At the above congregation the Rev. Wutki►► Math Fellow of St. John's College, wa a appointed Mochirator, la the room of J. King, Esq. Fellow of Queen's College, resigned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALVS.—Nov. 15. Without being very heavy, the 'business done yesterday was in teresting and important. 'reflex and Web are slow nearly at evens ; indeed 12 to . 1 wait taken about each of them ; however, bad the call, by half a point, at the doe:. Several out siders were backed, and some fresh ones brought op ; the odds, settling as follows :-- 114 to 1 agst Tatler DIERIW. 12 to 1 amt Web* SO to 1 apt Turcomau 33 to 1 apt Gaultlines 33 to 1 apt Pythoness 35 to 1 agst Roderick, 35 tot agst Intro<let. 33 to 1 agst kat% 35 to 1 agst ltie. Hunter's colt 40 to 1 apt 1111tre 40 to 1 agst Fillagrite 40 to 1 apt Atuasou 50 to 1 agst Nit*lo Kb. 11 to 1 aist Elfrid 17 14 I agst Catherine 20 to I agst Cressida 22 to I agst Trumpeter 25 to 1 agst Augusta 25 to I nist I)afilis 25 to 1 ago Eapagnolla 30 to l agat Alan,*lake* 30 to I agat Eliza, Teazle 11 to 2 agst Maria -- 13 to 1 apt Totteridge 15 to 1 apt Brown Durham 13 to 1 apt Souvenir 16 to 1 agst Scornful* 20 to 1 agst Zeal' 500 even; Totteridge 22 to 1 apt Lunacy 22 to 1 apt C%lypso 22 to 1 apt liatinpdon 25 to I itgid alOritt 25 to 1 apt suy othirr. apt Brown Duchoh*. ,rata. 25 to I agst Nivalls 25 to 1 agst Sancho Paints* Vb to 1 agat Nonplus* St? to I apt Lanus 1 (") 'were taken. Wer. L 2312 t w o a 1 gar i lt lo e;ie 4y wer 20 to I apt Granby 28 to 1 apt Matilda 25 to I agst Mootabins All thou !parka pEDEST RIANISM. t o l f se t :e t t 4 e r r t a ro t road, loa ) 4 :: ., , ...na.leutrittn, 'has at length over making the distance of two hundred ma ' A tc l i r : ed A i l i e n r , n ,, g et e, h) a ' 'lt t e l r ie ll c u e s lA n . y ra su t tessful Herculean undertakings to York, Ike. 40. in much less time than the celebrated Powell. Ile started as Ilfooday, at one o'clock, from Sloane-street, toga to the o i fi n ' il Z st" dis e ta O n n ce s ►r,,et The snatch was fur 100 sovereigns. Re perfotmed seventy-six miles the first twenty-four hours,.at dem, o'clock on Tuesday. and on Wee.hwsday, he did seventy miles; and, after halting two hours) started from eight miles on the London side raoitir l aivue sr esye er v l tiev a ne n t d rny-iti t l li v ir t te l is ui s n t re l g l , of Salisbury, to do Isis last day's work of seventy-foir miles. Ile resigned at 'Bartley, thirty-four miles from Ws destination ) cisoul beat, and came home by one or the coaches.